[s-cars] Tailgate strut installed (+pic O day)

[bill mahoney]

S Men,
FWLIW, I would say it goes down "easy enough" when testing with buttdyno
attached to my left arm.  In the video I closed it using only my left arm as
I shot the vid with my right. One strut by iktself would not hold up the
tailgate.  I'd say this version of strut works VG.
Good question on install w/cylinder up or down.. got me thinking that I
really wasnt sure since my tailgate had been replaced about 3 yrs. ago.
While I couldnt find a specific diagram in the bentley book, Vol. III, 64-46
shows a pic of tailgate open with strut cylinder in the bottom position.
Maybe someone who has never messed with these struts could confirm proper
placement... but for now, I'll go with the Bentley pic since they're already
positioned as such anyhoo.
and
Here's my internet screen pic of the day:
http://screencast.com/t/YTljYzI1M
Bill~them was the daze~M


On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:

> One little side note about installing the struts. I'm told that they should
> be installed with the cylinder up so that the oil inside lubricates the
> shaft seal. If the shaft seal gets dry it will let the gas charge escape.
> Makes sense to me so I have been following that idea for a while now.
>
> -Cody (mobile)
>
> On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Thomas R Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  I was more interested in how easy it went down.  I put the Meisersatz
>> struts on mine
>> and they are too stiff.  You gotta get a good grip on the gate to pull
>> it down and it
>> makes this annoying squeal much of the time.  These were the cheapos
>> from one
>> of the usual online suppliers.
>>
>> I think it was Wheelman Levitt that educated the list on the two
>> struts for the avant
>> because he had a low ceiling and could not use the normal high lift
>> cylinder.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:01:27 -0600
>>> From: bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [s-cars] Tailgate strut installed
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>>> Okay then, so I just installed the $48, ethiopian, tasmanian tailgate
>>> struts.
>>> 10 minutes.
>>> No issues.  Appear to work great (so far).
>>> Here's how they opened the tailgate ... via their own push, with no
>>> help
>>> from me.
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_4BcIzYeM
>>> I lubed them with this
>>> http://www.silchem.com/ss2000_IntroPage.htm
>>> Lift pretty fine to me.
>>> Now how do I get them now not so secret flaps to stay closed?
>>> ~No work day Bill M~
>>>
>>
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